California State University-San Bernardino Top Questions

What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?

Sara

My school is great. We,as students, are graduating because we have passionate teachers who are there for their students when we need them.I do not have any complaints.

Robert

Honestly, the elements are. Very few days is it not very windy, cold or rainy. Can't have any loose papers are they will be blown away, and your backpack almost becomes your anchor to the ground.

Eric

CSUSB has very liberal professors and staff for the most part. Political views should be neutral based regardless of class. Some professors do not have adequate knowledge or do not stay up to date in their field.

Marina

I believe that the worst thing about my school is that many of our extra-curricular activities overlap, causing students to have to choose beween one or the other. This isn't usually an issue unless a student is involved with multiple majors or minors that would lead them to want to be involved with a mixture of various clubs and student organizations that meet at the same times.

Betzy

The worst thing about Cal State San Bernardino would have to be the weather. It is a huge campus and when its hot, walking from class to class gets tiring quick. The winds in the valley are also very strong, so it causes the campus to close down and therefore students have classes canceled. Students want to be in class and want to learn, however sometimes the weather just does not want to cooperate.

Sawyer

The worst thing about my school is that it seems like it was everybody's last pick school so there's not alot of excitement about being there. It also gets a bad rap for being in san bernardino, but the school itself isn't bad. The kids however don't have a lot of motivation.

Alicia

The worst thing about my school is the fact that it is so impacted. It makes it so difficult to just get into the classes you need. I know people that go here that have been going here for three years, yet they still haven't finished their general education requirements. I am currently paying $6,000 a year, yes it is cheaper than most universities, but is it really worth it if I will be going here for five or six years, just to get a bachelors degree?

Melanie

So far, the worst thing about my school is the peole that come here, a lot of students don't actually want to be here.

Jared

I would consider location to be the worst thing. It can be a difficult commute to the school with all of the current freeway construction, and there are sections of the city where safety would be a concern. Thankfully, the part of the city where the school is located does feel relatively safe and secure.

Jamie

My complaint is a trivial one. I am a transfer student from a community college and I am use to the close proximity of classes. Therefore my only complaint is the expansive spatial placement of classroom buildings. However I digress to state that it is valuble space to accommmodate crowd. I just miss the intimacy of the community college.

Sarah

It's a commuter school so campus life is not very big. Also, the price for quarterly parking is outrageous

Marzena

I believe that there is not one bad thing about my school. I love it and I would not change one thing.

Sandra

Alot of people comute to campus.

Stephany

Since I have barely been admitted as a transfer student, I have not had any negetive experiences with the campus or community yet. My only complaint so far is that many people claim that the campus has a beautiful landscape scenary. In my opinion, dirt and dry mountains aren't very aesthetically pleasing. I've also heard that brush fires have caused problems in the past. I've only heard of this, and have no record of whether or not the statement is true. I do know that warnings are given to students in case of an emergency.

Jannely

The worst thing about my school would be the tuition. There are many students who either do not qualify for Financial Aid or do not receive enough Financial Aid. My first year at CSUSB, I received enough Financial Aid to pay for tuition, books, gas money and general spending like food. This year, I did not receive enough money for tuition! It is very frightening, because i now have to look for a way to get the money to pay for scool.

Jasmine

The structure in which the classes are in and the lack of resources known by the students from faulty. The structure can be less-time consuming and the professors can be more helpful in the sense of giving all possible resources for student knowledge and not be so diligent to ignore the needs of the students. Another worse value about the university would be the lack of healthy and affordable food choices.

Stephanie

There is no enough school spirit, the reason being that it is a commuter school.

osman

The worst thing about CSUSB would be dining area simply because there is not that many options to choose from.

Nick

Since this is my first university experience, I really don't have much to say anything negative about it. I honestly really enjoy the campus and professors.

Marlene

I have not found anything I dislike about my school for the time that I have attended.

Gissell

I consider the worst thing about my school is trying to get classes. It's quite dissapointing how so many qualified and smart students cannot graduate on time simply because they were not able to get the classes. It's a struggle that a lot of students have to put up with through school, that leaves most with a lot of stress. It's hard juggling school, work, and home already, now knowing that I can't get a class in order to graduate is even more frustrating.

Ricardo

To me right now the worst thing about my school would have to be the parking space. Everything is always full and looking for parking can be a pain if you are running a bit late for class. Bigger parking lots/ new structures wouldn't hurt.

Michael

The only negative thing about my school would be the cost of the fees and parking permits. I understand that the California University system is in a financial crisis due to state budgeting issues and economic distress but it seems that every quarter the cost of tuition, fees and parking continue to go up and up. The economic issues are being passed on to students who themselves are suffering because of the recession themselves.

Fenella

The worst thing about my school is the school spirit. CSUSB does not have a football team and the majority of students commute from 30+ minutes away so their isn't as much energy on campus or for the school in general. Most students arrive for classes and leave shortly after.

Katelin

The worst thing about CSUSB is that some of the classrooms still make use of chalkboards which I find to be an archaic practice in the era of computerized teaching methods. Also, some of the buildings are very old and the heating systems are not very good. Some of the buildings at CSUSB could use a makeover.

Folashade

As at the time of my attendance, I found that the instructors were not all that help ful to the students. There were more concerned with the bureaucracy of the university set up. I had one instructor that I found very unyielding and not totally supportive of the students where they needed help.

Nicole

The worst thing about this school would have to be the huge classes for the upper division capstones. It is understandable however why they would have to make these classes over 100 to 200 students. The capstone courses are mandatory for all students (regardless of major) to take.

Victoria

The neighborhoods right outside the school would be the thing I consider worst about my school. The school is actually one of the safest cal state school, but the places right outside the university are not so good.

Alyson

Worst thing about CSUSB would be how the classes fill up so quickly, so if you're a day behind in registering for your classes, you've been blessed by the Lord if you can make it into at least one of your top choices. CSUSB can also get really cold during the rainy season, and there's also chance of snow if it gets cold enough.

Rachel

What I believe is the worst thing about my school is that it is difficult to hear about different clubs and activities that are around campus. There is not enough promoting to get other?s to come out and participate. Right now I want to become more involved around the campus however it is a little difficult because of the fact I do not hear too much about the activities however they are out there.

Brittnee

Well it is kind of sad that our university had to cut down the number of freshman accepted because of the state budget cuts. But this is not their fault.

Jessika

The wind can be quite horrible sometimes.

Tania

The weather, sometimes is extremely hot and its cold it's cold and the winds as extremely strong it could knock out some one and that's whyt they close the school for the winds.

Mario

My school is in a very bad area. San bernardino is one of the worst places in the whole state and maybe nationwide. In fact the only place that i would consider to be a nice area is only the university itself.

Kayla

The school is really spaced out. It takes awhile to walk across the campus from my dorm room. I have to leave my room a half an hour before my class begins just to be a few minutes early. Plus, I speed walk which makes me very tired by the time I get to class. That bothers me a lot. I have seen a number of campuses and they are all spaced out so I think it is just a university thing.

Chylea

I enjoy everthing about the school, I have no complaints.

Larry

Too spread out! Walk forever to get to the next class!

Danielle

Some lectures can have up to 200 people and that might make it a little difficult to make close friends.

Andrea

The new company that took over campus dining. There is not variety of food, it is overpriced and unappetizing

Natalie

The worst thing about my school, would be that it could be located in a better area; however, it really doesn't influence me much.

Nathan

There is little opportunity for research work. As such, expect to take more general education courses, rather than courses in the field in which you are interested in. The CSU system is not a research type of campus, and is instead more aimed towards providing a broader curriculum. This type of curriculum may be more suitable for those interested in becoming a teacher but not an engineer.

Romina

I think the worst thing about my school is that they should provide more academic counselors to all students instead of to students who are in academic programs such as EOP

ana

I dont think theres is something at this school that I would complain about, it meets all my needs. Maybe just the fact that it's a little far from home, but thats about it.

Cynthia

The worst thing about my school is parking, its ridiculous how hard it is to find parking.

Corrina

Professors do not have their own offices, they have to share.

Danielle

The worst thing about my school is the lack fo help I recieved from financial aide. The person who deals with my financial aide told me that the only way I could recieve financial support, instead of loans, would be to become pregnant, be illegal, or get married. I was so ashamed that someone I thought would help told me these things. I try so hard to get good grades and I was told I was worthless and that I need to do these things to get aide.

Amanda

What I consider the worst thing about my school is the location. Its located directly off of two freeways and the socioeconomic class surrounding the campus is poor.

KELLI

There aren't that many bad thing, but I do think that the parking is the worst. There isn't enough. They have built some parking garages, but they are far away and it is sometimes scary walking that far after classes that get out at 10 pm.